Experimental determination of upper bound for transition path times in protein folding from single-molecule photon-by-photon trajectories

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 29, 2009, Pages 11837-11844

  Hoi, Sung Chung ^a   Louis, John M ^a   Eaton, William A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexa 488; Fluorescence; FRET; Maximum likelihood function; Protein GB1

Indexed keywords

ALEXA 488; ALEXA 594; BIOTIN; CYSTEINE; DYE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN GB 1; STREPTAVIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FORSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; TRANSITION PATH;

BIOTIN; COLORING AGENTS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; IMMOBILIZED PROTEINS; KINETICS; LIGHT; PHOTONS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PROTEIN FOLDING; STREPTAVIDIN; TIME FACTORS; UREA;

ALEXA;

EID: 67749147584     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0901178106     Document Type: Article

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